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Student creates detailed downtown Des Moines with Minecraft

Thursday is the last day of summer vacation for most students in the metro and a Valley High School student did something pretty cool during his time off.
Lauren Donovan
Reporter
Student creates detailed downtown Des Moines with Minecraft

Thursday is the last day of summer vacation for most students in the metro and a Valley High School student did something pretty cool during his time off.

VARIETIES TO BAND-AIDS. TODAY IS THE LAST DAY OF SUMMER VACATION FOR MOST STUDENTS IN THE METRO. NOW, A VALLEY HIGH STUDENT DID SOMETHING PRETTY COOL DURING HIS TIME OFF. CHECK THIS OUT. JUNIOR SEAN EDDY SPENT THE LAST 3 SUMMERS COMPLETING THIS MINECRAFT ALYX: WOW! RILEY: THINK OF THE GAME AS AN ONLINE VERSION OF LEGOS. LAID BLOCKS DEPICT ALL THE LANDMARKS. SEAN SAYS HE STARTED PLAYING THE GAME IN THE FIFTH GRADE. HE FIRST COMPLETED 801 GRAND. BY THE NEXT SUMMER, HE WAS WORKING ON THE WESTERN GATEWAY AREA. THE PROJECT IS ON HOLD NOW. SEAN TELLS US HE HAS 5 A.P. CLASSES THIS YEAR AND SCHOOL COMES FIRST. IF YOU HAVE A.P. CLASSES, FIRST OF ALL -- ALYX: HE EVEN HAS THE CONSTRUCTION CRANES. ERIC: HE STARTED WITH 801 GRAND. HE IS G
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Student creates detailed downtown Des Moines with Minecraft

Thursday is the last day of summer vacation for most students in the metro and a Valley High School student did something pretty cool during his time off.
Lauren Donovan
Reporter
Thursday is the last day of summer vacation for most students in the metro and a Valley High School student did something pretty cool during his time off.Junior Sean Eddy spent the last three summers completing a Minecraft re-creation of downtown Des Moines.Think of the game as an online version of Legos. Laid blocks depict all the landmarks.Sean says he started playing the game in the fifth grade. He first completed 801 Grand. By the next summer, he was working on the Western Gateway area.The project is on hold now. Sean tells KCCI he has five AP classes this year and school comes first.
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Thursday is the last day of summer vacation for most students in the metro and a Valley High School student did something pretty cool during his time off.

Junior Sean Eddy spent the last three summers completing a Minecraft re-creation of downtown Des Moines.

Think of the game as an online version of Legos. Laid blocks depict all the landmarks.

Sean says he started playing the game in the fifth grade. He first completed 801 Grand. By the next summer, he was working on the Western Gateway area.

The project is on hold now. Sean tells KCCI he has five AP classes this year and school comes first.